AUDIO BOOKS, MUSIC, MOVIES 2nd Quarter 2013

Audio Books

Millar, Melvin. You matter: 7 practices of living a life of purpose / Melvin Miller with Federica Baldan. Reverend Melvin Miller and Federica Baldan use seven practices that call people to put their faith--any faith!--into action as they coach listeners to uncover the road blocks in our way and help us live a life with purpose. BF637.S4 M555 2012AB

Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963. Mythology / by Edith Hamilton. For over fifty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us how the ancients saw their own place in the world and how their themes echo in our consciousness today. BL310 .H3 2013AB

Wicks, Robert. Street spirituality / Robert Wicks. A connection between contemplation and a willingness to be of service when we don’t feel like being of service. BX2350.65 .W53 2011

Dotson, Bob. American story : a lifetime search for ordinary people doing extraordinary things For more than four decades, Bob Dotson has been travelling all over the United States searching for those who have made a difference. With American Story, he shares their stories along with inspiration that can help anyone reach their goals. E169.12 .D68 2013AB

Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln / Doris Kearns Goodwin. The acclaimed historian Doris Keans Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in a highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. E457.45 .G66 2012AB

Jones, Bill. The ghost runner : the tragedy of the man they couldn't stop : the true story of John Tarrant / Bill Jones. The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared. A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as "the ghost runner", John Tarrant, the extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s, he'd been paid £17 expenses. When he wanted to run, he was banned for life. His amateur status had been compromised...forever. Now he was fighting back, gate-crashing races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high places. Soon he would be a record-breaker, one of the greatest long-distance runners the world had ever seen. This cross between Once a Runner and Chariots of Fire tells the heartbreaking story of this remarkable individual. GV1061.15.T37 J66 2013AB

All there is : love stories from StoryCorps / Dave Isay. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay shares stories of love and marriage from the revolutionary oral history project, revealing the many and remarkable journeys that relationships can take. HQ801.A2 A55 2012AB

Boo, Katherine. Behind the beautiful forevers : life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity / Katherine Boo. Annawadi is a settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are filled with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power and economic envy turn brutal. HV4140.M86 B66 2011AB

NPR laughter therapy : a comedy collection for the chronically serious. Looking for an alternative to the seriously reliable, soothing yet informative sound of NPR? Try NPR! Prepare to be surprised by this collection of unbelievable news, bloopers, and interviews with some of the funniest personalities on the planet. The time honored tradition of hoax stories that NPR airs every April 1st brings exploding maple trees in Maine, talking dogs in Ohio, farm raised whales in Illinois, and bubbling cheese springs in Wisconsin. PN6162.N67 2013AB

Donoghue, Emma, 1969- Astray / Emma Donoghue. The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's stories have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters, lovers old and new. They are gold miners and counterfeiters, attorneys and slaves. They cross other borders too: those of race, law, sex, and sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress. With rich historical detail, the celebrated author of Room takes us from puritan Massachusetts to revolutionary New Jersey, antebellum Louisiana to the Toronto highway, lighting up four centuries of wanderings that have profound echoes in the present. PR6054.O547 A93 2012AB

Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954- The remains of the day / Kazuo Ishiguro. It is the summer of 1956, and the aging butler of Darlington Hall takes a rare holiday. But it is a journey that will also take him deep into his past. The Remains of the Day is a remarkable story: a man's exploration of his own life, and his heart-breaking attempt to make sense of it. PR6059.S5 R46 2012AB

Colfer, Eoin. Screwed : a novel / Eoin Colfer. Despite solving a strange series of murders, people around Daniel McEvoy continue to die under tragic circumstances. Now the bar bouncer and his rag tag team are on the search for answers once again. PR6103.O4427 S37 2013AB

Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-, Leaving everything most loved : a Maisie Dobbs novel / Jacqueline Winspear. "London, 1933. Two months after the body of an Indian woman named Usha Pramal is found in the brackish water of a south-London canal, her brother, newly arrived in England, turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, evidence indicates that they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigation. Before her death, Usha was staying at the Ayah's Hostel, alongside Indian women whose British employers turned them out into the street, penniless and far from their homeland, when their services were no longer needed. As Maisie soon learns, Usha was different from the hostel's other lodgers. But with this discovery comes new danger--another Indian woman who had information about Usha is found murdered before she can talk to Maisie. As Maisie is pulled deeper into a vibrant culture she finds fascinating, her investigation becomes clouded by the "unfinished business" of a previous case, and by a growing desire to see more of the world--to follow in the footsteps of her former mentor, Maurice Blanche. And there is her lover, James Compton, who gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore. Bringing a crucial chapter in the life and times of Maisie Dobbs to a close"--Publisher's web site PR6123.I575 L43 2013AB

Munro, Alice, 1931- Dear life / Alice Munro. Alice Munro illuminates the moment a life is shaped, the moment a dream, or sex, or perhaps a simple twist of fate turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real paint a vivid and lasting portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be. PR9199.3.M8 D43 2012AB

Penny, Louise. The beautiful mystery / Louise Penny. When the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery's massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Surete du Quebec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. PR9199.4.P464 B43 2012AB

Kincaid, Jamaica. See now then : a novel / Jamaica Kincaid. A marriage is revealed in all its joys and agonies. A mother, a father, and their two children, living in a small village in New England move, in their own minds, between the present, the past, and the future, constrained by the world, the characters despairing in their domestic situations. PR9275.A583 K56384 2013AB

Barry, Dave. Insane city / Dave Barry. Seth Weinstein knew Tina was way out of his league in pretty much any way one could imagine, which is why it continued to astonish him that he was on the plane now for their destination wedding in Florida. The Groom Posse had already sprung an airport prank on him, and he'd survived it, and if that was the worst of it, everything should be okay. Smooth sailing from now on. Seth has absolutely no idea what he's about to get into. It's not smooth sailing, it's more like a trip on the Titanic. PS3552.A74146 I57 2013AB

Diaz, Junot, 1968- This is how you lose her / Junot Díaz. A collection of stories, by turns hilarious and devastating, raucous and tender, that lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weaknesses of our all-too-human hearts. PS3554.I259 T48 2012AB

Erdrich, Louise. The round house : a novel / Louise Erdrich. When his mother, a tribal enrollment specialist living on a reservation in North Dakota, slips into an abyss of depression after being brutally attacked, 14-year-old Joe Coutz sets out with his three friends to find the person that destroyed his family. PS3555.R42 R68 2012AB

Jance, Judith A. Deadly stakes : a novel / J. A. Jance. Police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is contacted to investigate the grisly murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of a woman accused of the crime. Lynn Martinson is dating the dead woman's ex-husband, and she and her boyfriend Chip Ralston have been charged. Ali is simultaneously drawn to the case of A.J. Sanders, a frightened teen with secrets of his own. He's the first to find the body in the Camp Verde desert when he goes to retrieve a mysterious buried box hidden by his absent father-- a box that turns out to be filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in poker chips. When the body of an ex-con is discovered near the first crime scene, Ali struggles to determine if A.J. and Lynn's cases are related. PS3560.A44 D44 2013AB

Leon, Donna. The golden egg / : a Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery by Donna Leon. The mentally handicapped man who worked at Brunetti's dry cleaners has just died of an overdose, and Brunetti's wife Paola loathes the idea that he lived and died without anyone noticing or helping him. To please his wife, Brunetti investigates the death, and is surprised to find nothing on the man: no birth certificate, no passport, nothing. As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects an aristocratic family might be connected. But why would anyone want this sweet, simple-minded man dead? PS3562.E534 G65 2013AB

Margolin, Phillip, Sleight of hand / Phillip Margolin. Private investigator Dana Cutler must take down a cunning psychopath before he can pull off the perfect crime. Charles Benedict, charismatic criminal defense lawyer, amateur illusionist, and professional hit man, has performed his greatest sleight of hand yet: framing a millionaire for the murder of his much younger wife. When Horace Blair married Carrie, the prosecutor in his DUI trial, he made her sign a prenuptial agreement guaranteeing her twenty million dollars if she remained faithful for the first ten years of marriage. Just one week before their tenth anniversary, Carrie disappears, and Horace is charged with her murder. Desperate to clear his name, the millionaire hires D.C.'s most ruthless defense lawyer, Charles Benedict. P.I. Dana Cutler is in the Pacific Northwest on the trail of a stolen relic dating from the Ottoman Empire. Hitting a dead end sends her back to Virginia perplexed and disappointed, and straight into the case of Horace and Carrie Blair. Now Dana must conjure a few tricks of her own to expose Benedict's plot, before he can work his deadly magic on her. PS3563.A649 S57 2013AB

Mills, Kyle, 1966- Robert Ludlum's The utopia experiment : [a Covert-One novel] / written by Kyle Mills. With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the president has been forced to establish his own clandestine group-Covert-One. It's activated only as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out. When Dresner Industries unveils the Merge, a device that is destined to revolutionize the world and make the personal computer and smartphone obsolete, Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is assigned to assess its military potential. He discovers that enhanced vision, real-time battlefield displays, unbreakable security, and near-perfect marksmanship are only the beginning of a technology that will change the face of warfare forever-and one that must be kept out of the hands of America's enemies at all costs. Meanwhile, in the mountains of Afghanistan, CIA operative Randi Russell encounters an entire village of murdered Afghans-all equipped with enhanced Merge technology that even the Agency didn't know existed. As Smith and Russell delve into the circumstances surrounding the Afghans' deaths, they're quickly blocked by someone who seems to have access to the highest levels of the military-a person that even the president knows nothing about. Is the Merge really as secure as its creator claims? And what secrets about its development is the Pentagon so desperate to hide? Smith and Russell are determined to learn the truth. But they may pay for it with their lives.--Container PS3563.I42322 R64 2013AB

Patchett, Ann. State of wonder : a novel / Ann Patchett. A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years--a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past. PS3566.A7756 S76 2011AB

Roorbach, Bill. Life among giants : a novel / Bill Roorbach. At seventeen, David 'Lizard' Hochmeyer is nearly seven feet tall, a star quarterback, and Princeton-bound. His future seems all but assured until his parents are mysteriously murdered, leaving Lizard and his older sister, Kate, adrift and alone. In a mansion across the pond from their Connecticut home lives the world's greatest ballerina, Sylphide, and her rock star husband, whose own disasters intersect with Lizard's and Kate's in the most intimate and surprising ways. PS3568.O6345 L54 2012AB

Shapiro, Barbara A., 1951- The art forger : a novel / B. A. Shapiro. Making a living reproducing famous artworks for a popular online retailer and desperate to improve her situation, Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting, a Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museum, in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when that very same long-missing Degas painting is delivered to Claire's studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery. PS3569.H3385 A78 2012AB

Meister, Ellen. Farewell, Dorothy Parker : a novel / Ellen Meister. When it comes to movie critics Violet Epps is a powerhouse voice. Equally unafraid of big Hollywood names and public opinion, her biting reviews are widely quoted. But when it comes to her own life, Violet finds herself unable to speak up--paralyzed by crippling social anxiety. When a chance encounter at the famous Algonquin Hotel unleashes the feisty spirit of the long-dead Dorothy Parker, the famous literary critic of the 1920's, Violet thinks she is going crazy. PS3613.E4355 F37 2013AB

Moriarty, Laura, 1970- The chaperone / Laura Moriarty. A novel about the friendship between an adolescent, pre-movie-star Louise Brooks, and the 36-year-old woman who chaperones her to New York City for a summer, in 1922, and how it changes both their lives. PS3613.O75 C47 2012AB

Thorland, Donna. The turncoat : renegades of the revolution / Donna Thorland. When handsome British viscount Major Lord Peter Tremayne commandeers her home, rebel Kate Grey throws caution to the wind and responds to his seduction. But a spy in her own household steals the military dispatches Tremayne carries, ensuring his disgrace--and implicating Kate in high treason. PS3620.H766 T87 2013AB

Nesbø, Jo, 1960- Phantom / Jo Nesbo. When Harry left Oslo again for Hong Kong--fleeing the traumas of life as a cop--he thought he was there for good. But then the unthinkable happened. The son of the woman he loved, lost, and still loves is arrested for murder: Oleg, the boy Harry helped raise but couldn't help deserting when he fled. Harry has come back to prove that Oleg is not a killer. Barred from rejoining the police force, he sets out on a solitary, increasingly dangerous investigation that takes him deep into the world of the most virulent drug to ever hit the streets of Oslo (and the careers of some of the city's highest officials), and into the maze of his own past, where he will find the wrenching truth that finally matters to Oleg, and to himself. PT8951.24.E83 G6413 2O12AB

Tursten, Helene, 1954- The golden calf / Helene Tursten ; [translated by Laura A. Wideburg]. Three men have been shot in one of Göteborg's most fashionable neighborhoods, sending Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues on a goose chase through a tony world of expensive cars and fancy homes. All three victims seem to be tied to one person, the glamorous dot-com darling Sanna Kaegler-Ceder, but no matter which strategy Irene adopts— good cop or bad cop—Sanna is not speaking, even when her own life seems to be at stake. PT9876.3.U55 G8513 2013AB

Music

Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994. Orchestral works. III / Witold Lutosławski. M3.1.L88 O73 2012 PT. 4

String quartets / by Dmitri Shostakovich and his contemporaries. M451.S56 S68 2012 PT. 2

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. String quintet in C major, D956 ; String quartet in C minor "Quartettsatz" D703 / Franz Schubert. M552 .S376 D.956 2012

Danna, Mychael. Life of Pi : original motion picture soundtrack / music by Mychael Danna. M1527.2.D36 L54 2012

Marianelli, Dario. Anna Karenina : original music from the motion picture / music by Dario Marianelli. M1527.2.M37 A56 2012

Williams, John, 1932- Lincoln : original motion picture soundtrack / music by John Williams. M1527.2.W55 L56 2012

Clark, Gary, Jr., 1984- Blak and Blu / Gary Clark Jr. Gary Clark Jr. blends influences with hip-hop and alternative. Features the songs Ain't Messin' Around; Bright Lights; and title track Blak and Blu. M1630.18.C53 B53 2012

Dylan, Bob, 1941- Tempest / Bob Dylan. Featuring ten new and original Bob Dylan songs, the release of Tempest coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the artist's eponymous debut , which was released by Columbia in 1962. M1630.18.D95 T46 2012

Here's to the good times / Florida Georgia Line. Since releasing their Top 15 single Cruise, hot duo Florida Georgia Line has been quickly garnering buzz among fans, media, and superstars alike. With infectious lyrics and a buoyant melody, the single has been certified Gold in the U.S. and Canada. M1630.18.F56 H47 2012

Fiona, Melanie. The MF life / Melanie Fiona. M1630.18.F56 M4 2012

Harkin, Keith, 1986- Keith Harkin M1630.18.H37 K45 2012

Hayes, Hunter, 1991- Hunter Hayes M1630.18.H382 H39 2011

Night visions / Imagine Dragons. M1630.18.I43 N54 2012

Macklemore, 1983- The heist / & . Debut album from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Emerging out of the Pacific Northwest, the pair have been featured at major festivals including Lollapalooza, Rock the Bells, Sasquatch, MusicFest NW, and Outside Lands. Album guests include of , Allen Stone, ScHoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul. M1630.18.M33 H45 2012

Mars, Bruno, 1985- Unorthodox jukebox / Bruno Mars. M1630.18.M37 U56 2012

Miguel (Musician) Kaleidoscope dream / Miguel. M1630.18.M54 K35 2012

Peyroux, Madeleine. The blue room / Madeleine Peyroux. M1630.18.P49 B58 2013

The guys M1630.18.P53 P53 2012

Peace of mind / Rebelution. M1630.18.R43 P43 2012

Rossum, Emmy, 1986- Sentimental journey / Emmy Rossum. M1630.18.R67 S46 2013

Sandé, Emeli, 1987- Our version of events / Emeli Sandé. M1630.18.S3433 O97 2012

Sheeran, Ed, 1991- + [Plus sign] / Ed Sheeran. M1630.18.S44 P58 2011

Springsteen, Bruce. Wrecking ball / Bruce Springsteen. Marking his 17th studio album, 'Wrecking Ball' features 11 new Springsteen recordings and was produced by Ron Aniello with Bruce Springsteen and executive producer Jon Landau. Said long-time manager Jon Landau, "Bruce has dug down as deep as he can to come up with this vision of modern life. The lyrics tell a story you can't hear anywhere else and the music is his most innovative of recent years. The writing is some of the best of his career and both veteran fans and those who are new to Bruce will find much to love on 'Wrecking Ball.'" This special edition of 'Wrecking Ball' includes two bonus tracks and exclusive artwork and photography. M1630.18.S67 W74 2012

Rize of the fenix / . M1630.18.T46 R59 2012

Timberlake, Justin, 1981- The 20/20 experience / Justin Timberlake. M1630.18.T56 A15 2013

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, St. John Passion / Johann Sebastian Bach. M2000.B33 S35 2013

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas. 48 : BWV 34, 117, 98, 120/ J.S. Bach. M2020 .B33 2011 PT. 48

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas. 49 : BWV 188, 156, 159, 171 / J.S. Bach. M2020 .B33 2011 PT. 49

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas. 50 : BWV 149, 145, 174, 49 / J. S. Bach. M2020 .B33 2011 PT. 50

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas. 51 : BWV 195, 192, 157, 120a / J. S. Bach. M2020 .B33 2011 PT. 51

Pärt, Arvo. Creator spiritus / Arvo Pärt. M2020.P37 C47 2012

Mann, Tamela. Best days / Tamela Mann. M2198.M368 B47 2012

Let the future begin / Passion. M2198.P37 L48 2013

Slide Brothers (Musical Group) The Slide Brothers. M2198.S55 S55 2013

Movies

Five broken cameras / Christine Camdessus ... [et al.] present ; a film by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi. 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later turned into a galvanizing cinematic experience by co-directors Burnat and Davidi. DS119.76 F58 2012

The first ladies / PBS Productions. Five of the most well known and influential first ladies. Dolley Madison : America's first lady --Eleanor Roosevelt --Lady Bird --Betty Ford : the real deal --Nancy Reagan : the role of a lifetime. E176.2 .F57 2012

Detropia / Loki Films presents; a film by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady ; produced and directed by Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady. "Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century: the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now, the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score, sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution."--Container. E184.5 .D487 2013

The dust bowl / [a film by Ken Burns]. Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features. F595 .D87 2012

Planeat / Studio at 58 and Dartmouth Films present; directed, filmed & edited by Shelley Lee Davies. "The story of three men's life-long search for a diet, which is good for our health, good for the environment and good for the future of the planet ... With the help of some innovative farmers and chefs, [this film] shows how the problems we face today can be solved without simply resorting to a diet of lentils and lettuce leaves"--Container. GT2850 .P53 2011

Bones Brigade : an autobiography / Vans off the Wall; directed by Stacy Peralta. A history of the skateboard team Bones Brigade. GV859.8 .B664 2012

Pelotero = Ballplayer / Makuhari Media presents ; directed and produced Ross Finkel, Jon Paley, Trevor Martin. A compelling documentary narrated by John Leguizamo that is a gritty and rare look inside the recruitment of top talent baseball players from the Dominican Republic. Miguel Angel Sano and Jean Carlos Batista are among 100,000 teenagers vying for a handful of coveted contracts with baseball teams. As they turn sixteen years old and become eligible to sign, each must navigate the fiercely competitive and frequently corrupt system if they are to lift their families out of poverty. GV875.M35 B35 2012

First position / First Position Films, LLC ; a Bess Kargman production. Profiles six contestants in the Youth America Grand Prix, a prestigious competition for aspiring young ballet dancers. GV1787 .F4776 2012

Fresh / a Ripple Effect production ; produced and directed by Ana Sofia Joanes. Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. Among others, Fresh features urban farmer and activist Will Allen, sustainable farmer and entrepreneur Joel Salatin, and supermarket owner David Ball. HD9005 .F74 2012

Makers : women who make America / a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions and Storyville Films ; WETA , D.C. Review the story of how women have helped shape America over the last fifty years through one of the most sweeping social revolutions in American history, in pursuit of their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy. HQ1391.U5 M35 2013

Under African skies / an A&E Indie Films presentation in association with Entertainment; a Joe Berlinger film. Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the journey of his Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime. M1630.18.S55 U53 2012

Eames : the architect and the painter / a production of Quest Productions; produced by Jason Cohn & Bill Jersey. "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, this is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work"--Container. NK1535.E25 E26 2011

Life of Pi / Fox 2000 Pictures presents ; directed by Ang Lee. A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. PN1995.9.A3 L54 2013

Lincoln / DreamWorks Pictures; director, Steven Spielberg. A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come. PN1995.9.B55 L5536 2013X

The intouchables / the Weinstein Company presents ; written and directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache. An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust, and human possibility. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicapped millionaire and his street-smart ex-con caretaker, The Intouchables depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common. PN1995.9.C55 I5568 2013

Mami Blue / Jaleo Films ; dirección, Miguel Ángel Calvo Buttini. Teresa, an elderly woman nearly 80, whose son just put her in a home, and Luz Estela, the young South American who cares for her, decide to make a break and escape in her boyfriend's car. Unaware of the loot they carry, their flight provokes a fun pursuit by Teresa's son, the young mobster boyfriend, a band of small-time drug traffickers and a particular pair of the Guardia Civil, and on the way, they encounter a curious variety of characters. PN1995.9.C55 M365 2011

7 days in Havana / a film by Benicio Del Toro. Set over seven days and featuring films from seven renowned directors, this film will transport you to the bars, harbours and beaches of Havana, offering a tantalising behind-the-scenes insight into Cuban life. PN1995.9.C55 S49 2012

Silver linings playbook [videorecording]. Based on best-selling book by Matthew Quick, the riotous and poignant story of how a man who has lost everything, his house, his job, his wife, reconnects with himself and creates his own silver linings from the bonds he forms with his family and friends. PN1995.9.C55 S55 2013

The master / a Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company/Annapurna Pictures production In post-World War II America, a naval veteran arrives home unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader. PN1995.9.D68 M37 2013

Lo imposible = The impossible / Summit Entertainment; directed by J. A. Bayona. A family on holiday in Thailand is caught in the monstrous tsunami of 2004. Based on a true story. PN1995.9.F35 I47 2013

The hobbit : an unexpected journey / New Line Cinema ; directed by Peter Jackson. The first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Along the way they face many dangers; Bilbo meets Gollum and takes possession of the 'One ring.' Includes bonus features. PN1995.9.F36 H633 2013

Angels of sex / IFC Midnight ; director, Xavier Villaverde. Bruno is a struggling martial artist and dancer who is violently mugged. When Rai, a fellow dancer, comes to his rescue, sparks begin to fly and within hours a connection develops between them. After Bruno returns home to Carla, his girlfriend, he wonders if he can be true to Carla and Rai, as well as himself. PN1995.9.M27 A53 2013

Anna Karenina / Focus Features presents a Joe Wright film. Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. PN1995.9.M27 A56 2013X

La cara oculta = The hidden face / Twentieth Century Fox presents; directed by Andi Baiz. This haunting thriller, pushes the limits of love, passion and betrayal to the extreme. The relationship between a handsome conductor and his jealous girlfriend takes a wicked turn when she tests his fidelity by hiding inside a secret room in their house, but the results are more terrifying than she could have imagined. PN1995.9.M27 H53 2012

A royal affair = Kongelig affære / Zentropa Entertainments ; directed by Nikolaj Arcel. The passionate and forbidden romance between the insane Danish King, the royal physician, and the young but strong-willed Queen leads to a revolution that changes an entire nation. PN1995.9.M27 R69 2013

Zero dark thirty / Columbia Pictures presents; directed by Kathryn Bigelow Chronicles the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden following the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team 6. PN1995.9.M45 Z47 2013X

The big picture / a Europacorp, TFI Films Production; a film by Eric Lartigau. Paul Exben is a handsome and successful Parisian lawyer with a perfect family and a glimmering future in the firm he co-owns with his mentor. But behind this perfect facade lies a restless spirit who's uncomfortable in his life and envies the freedom of his neighbor, Greg, an uncompromising photojournalist. After Greg's unexpected death throws his life into chaos, Paul embarks on a cross-continent odyssey of self-discovery and reinvention. PN1995.9.M46 B54 2013

The sessions / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a film by Ben Lewin Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien has overcome adversity time and time again. But now, at age 38, he faces his toughest challenge yet: losing his virginity. With the help of a beautiful therapist, a sympathetic priest, and his own unbridled sense of optimism and humor, Mark embarks on an extraordinary personal journey to discover the wondrous pleasures that make life worth living. PN1995.9.S45 S4653 2013X

Argo / Warner Bros. Pictures presents; directed by Ben Affleck. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants storm the American embassy in Tehran and capture dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escape and a mid-level CIA agent named Antonio Mendez devises an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. PN1995.9.S87 A746 2013

Breaking dawn. Part 2 / Summit Entertainment presents; directed by Bill Condon. After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi. PN1995.9.V3 B74 2013 PT. 2

Carbon nation / Clayway Media presents ; directed by Peter Byck. "A documentary movie about climate change solutions. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all, this is still a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how solutions to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues"--Publisher website. QC981.8.G56 C37 2011

How to survive a plague / Public Square Films presents; directed by David France “The story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation, and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into drugstores in record time."--Container. RA643.8 .H697 2013X

Forks over knives / Monica Beach Media presents ; written and directed by Lee Fulkerson. This film examines the claim that most if not all degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Although they didn't know each other, their individual research led to startlingly similar conclusions: degenerative diseases could usually be prevented--and in many cases reversed--by adopting a whole food, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public. The filmmakers explore the ancient idea of food as medicine, following "reality patients" who have adopted a whole foods plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments. RA645.N87 F67 2011

Hungry for change / Permacology Productions presents a FoodMatters film ; producer, James Colquhoun. From the creators of the best-selling documentary Food Matters comes another hard-hitting film certain to change everything you thought you know about food and nutrition. It exposes shocking secrets the diet, weight loss and food industries don't want you to know about deceptive strategies designed to keep you coming back for more. Find out what's keeping you from having the body and health you deserve and how to escape the diet trap forever. RA784 .H7944 2012

Fat, sick, & nearly dead / Reboot Media presents a Joe Cross film. Filmmaker Joe Cross, recently obese and unhealthy, travels the United States promoting to all he encounters a lifestyle "reboot" centered around consuming only fruit and vegetable juices. Along the way he meets Phil Staples, a morbidly obese man to whom Cross offers his reboot cure. RC628 .F325 2012

The weight of the nation / HBO Documentary Films and The Institute of Medicine ; in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "CONSEQUENCES examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese. CHOICES offers viewers the skinny on fat, revealing what science has shown about how to lose weight, maintain weight loss and prevent weight gain. CHILDREN IN CRISIS documents the damage obesity is doing to our nation's children. Through individual stories, this film describes how the strong forces at work in our society are causing children to consume too many calories and expend too little energy; tackling subjects from school lunches to the decline of physical education, the demise of school recess and the marketing of unhealthy food to children. CHALLENGES examines the major driving forces causing the obesity epidemic, including agriculture, economics, evolutionary biology, food marketing, racial and socioeconomic disparities, physical inactivity, American food culture, and the strong influence of the food and beverage industry."--Producers. RC628 .W45 2012

Sun kissed : a film / by Maya Stark and Adi Lavy. Dorey and Yolanda Nez care for their 16 year old daughter who suffers from the rare genetic disorder, xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). Filmed over three years, the filmmakers follow the couple as they search for answers to the mystery of XP outbreak among the Navajo population. Ultimately their journey leads them to the shocking truth: Their children and other Navajo children are still paying the price for the American conquest of the tribe in the 1860s, a brutal campaign culminating in an almost-forgotten chapter in American history, the Navajo "Long Walk" of 1864. RL247 .S86 2012

In search of the perfect human diet / Hunt Thompson Media; written and directed by CJ Hunt. "Travel through time and around the world with host CJ Hunt as he embarks on an unprecedented global exploration to find a solution to the exploding epidemic of overweight, obesity, and diet-related disease"--Container. RM222 .I5 2012